Blotting-pad holder and protector



(No Model.)

J. W. KNAGGS.

BLOTTING PAD HOLDER AND PROTECTOR. No. 371,507. Patented Oct. 11, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEQ JOHN WV. KNAGGS, OF BAY CITY, ASSIGNOR TO ALBERT O. HAVEN, OF \VEST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

BLOTTlNG-PAD HOLDER AND PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,507, dated October 11, 1887.

Application filed June 3, 1887. Serial No. 240,178. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern: will have an ornamental appearance and by Be it known that I, JOHN \V. KNAGGS, a means of which the blotting-pad may be citizen of the United States, residing at Bay quickly and easily turned from side to side, City, in the county of Bay and State of Michias desired. gan, have invented certain new and useful Im- The invention consistsin a U-shapedholder 5 provements in Blotting-Pad Holders and Proformed of sheet metal of suitable elasticity,

I teeters; and I do declare the following to be one portion of the U being of greater width a full, clear, and exact description of the in than the other and suitably arranged to be vention, such as will enable others skilled in placed upon the front edge of the desk with the art to which it appertains to make and use the narrower portion of the U reaching be- 63 the same, reference being had to the accomneath the desk-top and the wider portion of panying drawings, and to the letters and fig the U reaching upon the surface of .the deskures of reference marked thereon, which form top and catching over the edge of the blottinga part of this specification. paper.

This invention relates to an improved de- My improved device is illustrated in the ac- 65 vice for securing and retaininga blotting-pad companying drawings, in whichto the desk, and also for protecting the edges Figurelisaperspective view ofadesk with of the same from wear and mutilation. my improved pad-holding and protecting de- It is a common practice wit-h business men vice thereto attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec 20 to use a large blotting-pad or other cover of a tion view of the same at X X. Fig. 3 is an en- P similar nature temporarily secured to their larged perspective view of the holding and desk, usually for protecting the cloth cover protecting device detached. thereon, and also for forming a clean, smooth, Similarletters refer to similar parts through and suitable surface for supporting the writout the several Views- 25 ing-paper. This blotting pad or cover is comor represents the body of the desk. b is the monly secured to the desk by tacks orpins passtop thereof, and c isa blotting-pad placed upon ing through the corners and edges thereof, the surface of the top. leaving the portion between the pins or tacks d is the holding and protecting device, and on the front edge of the desk unprotectedand is formed of a thin sheet of metal of suitable 3o liable to be caught by the paper and sleeve of elasticity bent parallel with its length to a the writer and become worn away and muti- U form, having a narrow portion, 0, whicln lated, which causes great annoyance and inreaches beneath the desktop, and formed with convenience; and, also, the blotting-pad being its inner edge, 71, turned upward and inward rigidly secured to the desk by pins or tacks in such a' manner that it will impinge directly 5 causes thepadtoshrink in thedryatmosphere, upon the under side of the top I) near the 7 and whenever the atmosphere becomes some body a.

what moist or damp the blotting-pad absorbs f is awider portion of the U,and is arranged the moisture therefrom and becomes wavy and to reach over the surface of the desk, and with wrinkled, whereupon it then becomes necesits edge 9 catching upon the front edge of the 0 sary to remove the tacks and readjust the pad; pad 0. The edge g may, if desired, be turned 0 and the object of this invention is to overslightly downward, and thereby be caused to come these difficulties and objections by proimpinge more directly upon and press into the ducing a device by means of which the blotpad and make therebya smooth and even conting-pad may be easily and firmly secured to nection therewith; and,also,with this construc- 5 the front edge of the desk, and also protected tion the points of bearing of the holder are at 5 on its front edge from the wear and mutila-' the edge 9 and at the edge of the desk-top, tion, and allowed to contract and expand from while the portion h impinges upon the under the effects of the dry and damp atmosphere side of the top b at a point between the bearwithout becoming wrinkled or waved, and also ings of the portion f which holds the device so to produce a device for this purpose which by the elasticity of the U shape securely in too position without liability of displacement. Furthermore, this device, reaching over and securing the front edge of the blotter, prevents any wear of the edge thereof by the arms of the user and makes a smooth bearing for the arms and forms a neat and handsome finish for the desk-front. Another great advantage is that the blotter secured in this manner is free to expand and contract with the changes of the atmosphere, and may be easily changed or removed by withdrawing the holding device or replacing the same.

Having fully described my improvement, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A blotting-pad holder and protector con sisting of a thin sheet of metal bent parallel with its length to a U form, and having one portion of the U extended to a greater width than the other, and having the edge of the narrower portion of the U turnedinward toward the wider portion, substantially as set forth.

2. The combinatiomwith a desk and a blotting-pad upon the surface of the desk, of a sheet of metal, as d, bent parallel with its side edges to a U form and placed upon the front edge of the desk, with the edge'g of one portion of the U reaching over and impinging upon the blotter, and with the upturned edge h of the other portion of the U reaching beneath and bearing against the under side of the desk-top, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. KNAGGS.

WVitnesses:

ALLEN G. PLUM, J AS. E. THOMAS. 

